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Nigeria - Infant Mortality Rate 2017

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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

68.6 −0.9 from 2016 Global rank: 188th

Nigeria's infant mortality rate was 68.6 in 2017, decreased +0.9 from 69.5 in 2016. This was the 188th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.7	-5.6%
2nd	Finland	1.9	0.0%
3rd	Japan	1.9	-5.0%
4th	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
5th	Slovenia	2.0	-4.8%
6th	Luxembourg	2.1	0.0%
7th	Norway	2.1	0.0%
8th	Singapore	2.1	-4.5%
9th	Estonia	2.2	-4.3%
10th	Sweden	2.3	0.0%
11th	Cyprus	2.4	0.0%
12th	Czechia	2.6	0.0%
13th	Spain	2.7	0.0%
14th	Korea	2.7	-3.6%
15th	Monaco	2.7	-3.6%
16th	Belarus	2.8	-3.4%
17th	Italy	2.8	-3.4%
18th	Portugal	2.9	0.0%
19th	Austria	3.0	0.0%
20th	Ireland	3.0	-3.2%
21st	Israel	3.0	-3.2%
22nd	Montenegro	3.0	-6.3%
23rd	Andorra	3.1	-3.1%
24th	Australia	3.2	0.0%
25th	Germany	3.2	-3.0%
26th	France	3.3	3.1%
27th	Belgium	3.4	0.0%
28th	Denmark	3.4	-2.9%
29th	European Union	3.4	-1.7%
30th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
31st	Switzerland	3.6	-2.7%
32nd	Greece	3.6	0.0%
33rd	Hungary	3.7	-7.5%
34th	Latvia	3.7	-7.5%
35th	United Kingdom	3.8	0.0%
36th	Lithuania	3.8	-5.0%
37th	Poland	4.0	-2.4%
38th	Croatia	4.1	0.0%
39th	New Zealand	4.5	-2.2%
40th	Canada	4.6	0.0%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.7	-2.1%
42nd	Cuba	5.0	2.0%
43rd	Slovak Republic	5.0	-2.0%
44th	Serbia	5.1	-1.9%
45th	United Arab Emirates	5.6	-3.4%
46th	Malta	5.6	-1.8%
47th	Russian Federation	5.6	-8.2%
48th	United States	5.6	-1.8%
49th	Qatar	5.9	-4.8%
50th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.0	1.7%
51st	Bulgaria	6.1	-4.7%
52nd	Bahrain	6.3	0.0%
53rd	Chile	6.5	-3.0%
54th	Romania	6.5	-8.5%
55th	Saudi Arabia	6.5	-5.8%
56th	Sri Lanka	6.7	-4.3%
57th	Malaysia	6.7	0.0%
58th	Uruguay	6.8	-5.6%
59th	China	7.0	-7.9%
60th	Maldives	7.4	-7.5%
61st	Kuwait	7.6	-1.3%
62nd	Albania	7.7	1.3%
63rd	Costa Rica	7.7	0.0%
64th	Antigua and Barbuda	8.3	-1.2%
65th	Kazakhstan	8.4	-4.5%
66th	Georgia	8.5	-2.3%
67th	North Macedonia	8.5	-10.5%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	0.0%
69th	Ukraine	8.7	-2.2%
70th	Oman	8.9	-1.1%
71st	Tonga	9.2	-2.1%
72nd	Argentina	9.4	-3.1%
73rd	Thailand	9.6	-4.0%
74th	Libya	9.8	-3.9%
75th	Türkiye	9.9	-4.8%
76th	Barbados	11.2	-2.6%
77th	El Salvador	11.5	-4.2%
78th	Kosovo	11.5	-6.5%
79th	Armenia	11.7	-4.1%
80th	Lebanon	11.8	3.5%
81st	Bahamas, The	12.1	-0.8%
82nd	Belize	12.1	-4.0%
83rd	Ecuador	12.2	-2.4%
84th	São Tomé and Principe	12.9	-7.2%
85th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.0	-3.7%
86th	Mexico	13.0	-3.7%
87th	Colombia	13.2	-2.9%
88th	Mauritius	13.2	1.5%
89th	Brazil	13.3	-8.9%
90th	Nicaragua	13.3	-4.3%
91st	Panama	13.4	-0.7%
92nd	Seychelles	13.4	0.8%
93rd	Nauru	13.5	-8.8%
94th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	13.6	-6.2%
95th	British Virgin Islands	13.6	-1.4%
96th	Moldova	13.9	-0.7%
97th	Mongolia	14.2	-5.3%
98th	Jordan	14.3	-2.7%
99th	Peru	14.4	-0.7%
100th	Samoa	14.5	-1.4%
101st	West Bank and Gaza	14.7	-3.3%
102nd	Cabo Verde	15.0	-7.4%
103rd	Vanuatu	15.1	-1.3%
104th	Viet Nam	15.2	-1.3%
105th	St. Lucia	15.4	-0.6%
106th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	15.4	-6.7%
107th	Tunisia	15.5	-1.9%
108th	Honduras	16.1	-3.0%
109th	Grenada	16.4	1.9%
110th	Uzbekistan	16.4	-5.7%
111th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.5	-1.2%
112th	Kyrgyz Republic	17.5	-4.9%
113th	Jamaica	17.6	0.0%
114th	Fiji	18.0	5.9%
115th	Suriname	18.1	-2.7%
116th	Paraguay	18.3	-3.2%
117th	Azerbaijan	18.7	-5.6%
118th	Solomon Islands	19.1	-1.5%
119th	Palau	19.4	3.2%
120th	Morocco	19.6	-4.4%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	19.7	-2.0%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	19.8	-3.4%
123rd	Indonesia	20.7	-3.7%
124th	Tuvalu	20.8	-3.3%
125th	Algeria	21.3	-1.4%
126th	Guatemala	21.7	-3.6%
127th	Philippines	22.4	0.4%
128th	Bhutan	22.6	-3.4%
129th	Tajikistan	23.7	-1.7%
130th	Syrian Arab Republic	24.5	2.5%
131st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	24.8	-4.2%
132nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.0	-2.7%
133rd	Iraq	25.1	-3.1%
134th	Cambodia	25.4	-4.2%
135th	South Africa	27.3	-3.9%
136th	Bangladesh	27.4	-4.2%
137th	Marshall Islands	27.9	-2.8%
138th	Guyana	28.6	-3.1%
139th	Dominica	28.8	3.6%
140th	Nepal	29.9	-4.2%
141st	Eritrea	30.6	-2.5%
142nd	Dominican Republic	31.3	0.0%
143rd	Gabon	31.7	-1.9%
144th	Rwanda	32.6	-1.5%
145th	Congo, Republic of	32.9	-2.9%
146th	India	33.0	-4.9%
147th	Turkmenistan	34.2	0.6%
148th	Uganda	34.6	-4.9%
149th	Ghana	35.1	-3.6%
150th	Malawi	36.1	-4.0%
151st	Senegal	36.4	-1.4%
152nd	Mauritania	36.7	-2.4%
153rd	Tanzania	37.7	-4.6%
154th	Papua New Guinea	38.2	-2.8%
155th	Burundi	38.4	-4.0%
156th	Kenya	38.5	-0.5%
157th	Zambia	38.8	-5.1%
158th	Yemen, Republic of	39.7	-2.0%
159th	Comoros	41.0	-1.7%
160th	Gambia, The	41.0	-3.1%
161st	Myanmar	41.6	-3.5%
162nd	Timor-Leste	41.6	-2.3%
163rd	Togo	42.7	-3.0%
164th	Kiribati	42.8	0.5%
165th	Lao PDR	43.5	-3.8%
166th	Madagascar	43.9	0.2%
167th	Botswana	44.3	-5.1%
168th	Namibia	46.3	-2.7%
169th	Sudan	46.5	-2.7%
170th	Angola	47.0	-3.9%
171st	Haiti	47.5	-2.5%
172nd	Zimbabwe	49.2	-3.1%
173rd	Cameroon	49.7	-3.7%
174th	Mozambique	51.5	-2.6%
175th	Eswatini	51.5	-1.0%
176th	Guinea-Bissau	51.7	-3.2%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	52.9	-2.9%
178th	Burkina Faso	53.1	-2.9%
179th	Djibouti	53.5	-2.9%
180th	Benin	54.4	-2.3%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	55.8	-2.8%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	59.4	-3.1%
183rd	Pakistan	60.3	-3.1%
184th	Afghanistan	60.4	-3.0%
185th	Liberia	60.6	-1.9%
186th	Mali	66.6	-2.1%
187th	Lesotho	68.2	-0.1%
188th	Nigeria	68.6	-1.3%
189th	Sierra Leone	68.8	-3.5%
190th	Chad	69.2	-2.5%
191st	Guinea	69.4	-1.1%
192nd	Niger	69.4	0.1%
193rd	Central African Republic	87.4	13.5%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	96.7	17.9%
195th	South Sudan	172.9	5.4%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 2017?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate in 2017 was 68.6. This ranked 188th globally.

How did Nigeria's infant mortality rate change in 2017?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.3% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2017?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2017 at 172.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 2017?▾

The infant mortality rate of Nigeria in 2017 was 68.6. This ranked 188th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Nigeria's infant mortality rate?▾

Nigeria's infant mortality rate went from 69.5 in 2016 to 68.6 in 2017, a 1.3% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Nigeria matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2017. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 11.4%. View full analysis →

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